Trump Administration Fights To Save Eel River Dams

Trump Administration Fights To Save Eel River Dams

Two of President Trump’s cabinet secretaries are ramping up pressure on PG&E to halt plans to tear down a pair of century-old dams on the Eel River. The Press Democrat reports Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met with PG&E’s CEO to negotiate keeping the Scott and Cape Horn dams intact, throwing a lifeline to local farming communities that rely on the water.  The move directly clashes with a painstakingly cr…

Two-Basin Solution Partners Respond to Meeting Between USDA, Interior, PG&E, and Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Regarding Eel River Dams

Coalition calls on USDA to respect the locally negotiated agreement that protects both the Eel River and Russian River water supply. Source